Writing Act Quotes

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery....I write to find out what I'm thinking about.

Write . . . write . . . pencil . . . paper.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

Writing is the act of discovery.

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do - the actual act of writing - turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.

I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing.

It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.

Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our humanity through the act of writing.